MORROW, Thomas James
(Service number 44194)
| First Rank | Second Lieutenant | Last Rank | Captain |
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Birth
| Date | 26/06/1893 | Place of Birth | Canterbury, New Zealand |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Nelson College, Nelson | ||
| Occupation | College Master | ||
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| Marital Status | Married | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs T. J,. MORROW (wife), Claremont, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 27th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment | ||
| Date | 13 June 1917 | ||
| Transport | Tahiti | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | ||
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Infantry Regiment | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 17 December 1923 | Age | 30 years |
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| Place of Death | Nelson | ||
| Cause | War service | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Wakapuaka Cemetery, Nelson | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Thomas James Morrow was the son of Thomas and Jessie Shiels (née Tait) Morrow. he was educated at Sawyers Bay School, Kaikorai School and Boys' High School, Dunedin. He married Mary Silvers Black on 18 December 1916 at Timaru. Captain T. J. Morrow embarked at Liverpool for the return to New Zealand per the “Tahiti”. draft no. 204, carrying 950 soldiers, reached Port Chalmers on 12 January 1919. His brother, William John Taylor Morrow, was killed in action in 1918 in France.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [05 June 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [06 June 2019]; School Admission records; Wakapuaka Cemetery headstone transcription; Timaru Herald, 8 January 1919 (Papers Past) [05 June 2019]
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